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Ron Artest is the man, he does what he wants and doesn’t care if you like it or not. Artest is still celebrating his first title and it looks as though he won’t stop partying until training camp starts. However, Artest partied a little to fast yesterday, literally. Artest was pulled over after he was driving an Eagle Roadster, whose registration was expired. Nevertheless, the car was not even registered to Artest, by actually some guy in Tennessee. The cop who pulled Artest over had a hard time keeping a straight face but her was happy that Artest had is helmet on. Well done, Ron-Ron, well done.
Ron Artest was pulled over for— being Ron Artest: LA Times Lakers Blog
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Perhaps the best all-around game the Lakers played was Game 6 of the Finals. In that game, Shannon Brown made an amazing one-handed alley-oop, which ranks number six on Lakers.com top plays of the 2009-2010 season. [Lakers.com]
The Lakers have had many great rookies play for them over the years, and this year the team has two solid ones: Derrick Caracter and Devin Ebanks. So what are your thoughts Lakers Nation, who is the best Laker rookie? [OC Register]
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